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I think NFU members will be just as negative as non-members!

https://www.nfuonline.com/updates-and-information/farm-assurance-review-member-survey/?utm_source=crops_newsletter&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=crops&utm_content=010424 Just to let those who don't get the NFU emails that there is a survey for NFU members "to help develop and inform the...

Yes, it is their renewal letter, and will be phoning them and other companies on Monday, but as the standing charge has quadrupled they have a long way to come down.

It is probably more complicated than that and I doubt the supplier would agree and alter the meters. Also the 3 phase is on reduced hours in Winter, and until May last year, we were not charged a standing charge for the meter and the electricity was less than half the price of the single phase.

We need 3 phase for some of our equipment, such as fans in the grain store, and for milling barley (when we had livestock). Everything else, including the farmhouse is single phase.

Our electricity contract with EDF comes to an end on 30th April, and the the new prices quoted seem OTT, particularly the standing charges. The 3 phase has gone from 27.1p to 33.36p per Kw, and 53p/day to £1.70 standing charge; the standard meter has gone from 31.5p to 36p per Kw and 60p/day to...

Definitely sussed. I think you are what is generally referred to as a troll so pointless trying to educate you.

I don't know what your agenda is - you imply you are a farmer, then admit you are not. You stick up for Defra and say that farmers devised the SFI so it is their fault if they don't like it. Your profile says you have posted 14500 comments so are you just an armchair critic with too much time...

They probably didn't do so because your link is just to a previous thread of yours and the Pdf attached is your opinion that all area based ELMS should be paid solely to permanent pasture and that arable land doesn't need public money. You have admitted on a previous thread that you are not...

I find that figure very hard to believe in this day and age. What business can manage without email?

How could we tell Defra what the SFI needed to look like? If there was any consultation then they didn't publicise it very well, seeing that they know all our email addresses. I watched various webinars where the Defra representatives had very little idea of what was happening, and since then...

Most farmers cannot just leave their farms to travel miles to protest. They have work to do. Besides, I don't think it is in their best interests to irritate the members of the public by holding up traffic like Just Stop Oil do. The EU farmers are protesting about specific issues (eg: red...

We do ours through the accountant's Kashflow software, where they can log on remotely at the year end and finalise everything. I suppose it depends how big your business is, but our monthly VAT probably only takes about 2-3 hours. If you don't want to do it yourself, then a freelance mobile...

The problem is that we have to be NROSO registered for Red Tractor and we have to be a member of Red Tractor to sell most of our produce.

I have complained to the NFU about this, and was told they would raise this at the National Crops Board in September 2023 and let me know, but not aware they have done anything about it. When BASIS took over from City and Guilds they just cancelled lots of points which had already been...

Just seen your post so a bit late in the day commenting. I am surprised the bank hasn't insisted on a partnership agreement as our bank, Barclays, insisted on it, and also made us draw up a new one when a partner died. If the overdraft is in both names, check which assets are secured on it and...

Don't believe a word of it. I could download my statement accurately at any time and it was all up to date, but for some reason the records BASIS are showing as "legacy points" are inaccurate in my case. Having emailed them they have agreed to carry over 5 points (even though I didn't qualify...